nesting place

"The island where we are going is one of their famous nesting places."Cited from Citizen Bird, by Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues

The two foster- parents flew to him again and again with food.But now their own nesting place had become strange to them.…Cited from The King of Ireland's Son, by Padraic Colum

Because he was kind to the birds, they flocked to his island in such great numbers that it was becoming overcrowded.If one happened to arrive a little late in the spring, all the nesting places were occupied.That was why Dunfin's family had been obliged to leave her.…Cited from The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, by Selma Lagerloef

Today the tower is open to the elements and serves as a nesting place for birds.

He remembered once a dove flew into his cell.The window was so small it no doubt suggested to the poor creature a door to a nesting place.He remembered how he thought it a messenger from the Heaven which he never gave over thinking of and longing for, and he wanted to keep it, for afterwhile he was sure it would find a way to tell him wherewith it was charged.…Cited from The Prince of India, by Lew. Wallace, Vol. 1

We have caught and destroyed so many fish that we have only a fraction of our former number.The game birds have disappeared either because they have been killed in great numbers or because their nesting-places have been destroyed.Of the big game nothing is now left except in a few remote regions, and it is growing less plentiful each year.…Cited from Checking the Waste, by Mary Huston Gregory

I won't say I am not wishing to go; but oh, to be a bird in two places at once!Give this letter, then, a special nesting-place, because I am so much on the wing elsewhere.…Cited from An Englishwoman's Love-Letters, by Anonymous

The town's annual farmer's market ties into the wine making, and has been drawing many visitors to the village every year.In addition, the village has created a natural area, including a unique nesting place for swallows.It consists of a sandstone wall with hundreds of holes that the swallows use for nesting in the spring.…

Since then it has been used as park land and a nature reserve.The pond area, just next to a big city has been preserved as a nesting place for various birds.…

In the last resort, criticism of the Church, of Christian institutionalism, is really criticism of ourselves.Were we more spiritually alive, our spiritual homes would be the real nesting places of new life.That which the Church is to us is the result of all that we bring to, and ask from, history: the impact of our present and its past.…Cited from The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day, by Evelyn Underhill

Who gave it the power to direct its flight?Then he imagines that the bird is bound for its nesting place among its fellows.And he finally gets for himself -- and for us all -- a fine lesson from the flight of the waterfowl.…Cited from Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year, by E.C. Hartwell

It comes only when the nesting season draws near.Then he leaves the fields, parks, and rivers, to fly away to the nesting-place.These Gulls love to nest in colonies -- that is, near one another.…Cited from On the Seashore, by R. Cadwallader Smith

The area of the lake mainly reaches, but can reach up to and the surface level varies from to above sea level.The lake is an important wildlife resort, especially as a nesting place for many bird species.…

The Bald cypress help the Frio River by slowing down floodwater and trapping sediments and pollutants.It also gives great nesting places, food, and shelter for the wildlife at the park.The Arbutus xalapensis, also known as the Texas Madrone, is a rare tree that only grows about 20 to 30 feet.…

Boxes for martins and other birds, bits of hay, horse-hair and string scattered about will often encourage birds to build about an orchard or farm.A wood-lot, besides paying in other ways, will afford nesting places for a large number of birds.To place a drinking and bathing place near the house is one of the best methods of attracting birds, which will use it constantly.…Cited from Checking the Waste, by Mary Huston Gregory

She explained that she had not lost her way, but that she was trying to find a convenient dry nesting place.Cited from The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter

She explained that she had not lost her way, but that she was trying to find a convenient dry nesting-place.Cited from The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck, by Beatrix Potter

Although successive generations since World War II have claimed it could collapse at any time, it still hasn't happened.It is currently a big nesting place for birds.In 1977, Melsen merged with Schelderode, Bottelare, Lemberge, Munte and Merelbeke to form the municipality of greater Merelbeke, although most original plans had provided for Melsen to become the centerpiece of this new town.…

Where can you find a lad who does not treasure among his secrets the nesting-place of some pair of birds?Where can you find a child who does not watch for the first robin of spring-time?…Cited from Stories of Birds, by Lenore Elizabeth Mulets

It appeared to penetrate some distance into the bowels of the mountain, and was wide and roomy.Sea- birds in great numbers hovered around its entrance, finding it, no doubt, an ideal nesting-place.It appeared quite inaccessible, for even with a perfect calm the swell dashed against the perpendicular face of the cliff beneath with a force that would have instantly destroyed any vessel unfortunate enough to get within its influence.…Cited from The Cruise of the Cachalot, by Frank T. Bullen